The Boca Beacon’s award-winning Visitor’s Guide is now in the planning stages. This is the time to reserve your spot for the 2025 edition.
The Boca Beacon’s Visitor’s Guide is the only promot…
When you come over to Gasparilla Island, there are great summer sales at retail stores including:
Barbara Anne’s Jewelry and Boutique. Their annual 50% off Jewelry and 20% off clothing sale beg…
The Lazour Brothers with finalists for the 2024 Hermitage Greenfield Prize will present “The Lazour Brothers: A Lifelong Collabrotion” at the Hermitage Beach at 6:30 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 23.
Blen…
August is quieter on Gasparilla Island, but boutiques and eateries are still open, albeit with some limited hours. Below are just some of the store reports we have from island retailers and restaura…
Genetics studies confirmed what many anglers and biologists have believed for a long time.
Florida’s most popular freshwater game fish has a new name. The American Fisheries Society established t…
Lee County was notified Friday, July 19, that FEMA will maintain unincorporated Lee County’s CRS rating of 5 and National Flood Insurance Program policyholder discounts at this time.
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llegiant Travel Company, the airline with a hub in Punta Gorda, and the largest in the region, announced July 18 that Gregory C. Anderson is their new CEO. He will succeed Maurice J. “Maury” Ga…
A draft code change from Lee County, circulated on Monday, May 6, 2024, that would update the Gasparilla Island Parking Ordinances with references to downtown parking. The draft ordinance, not prese…
The Boca Beacon received word Wednesday that Dean Laux, an editor at the Boca Beacon, died Tuesday evening. His wife Miryam (Micki) informed us. He has been a copy editor at the paper since he joine…
In Boca Grande, a number of civic-minded island residents showed up to assist Kathy Crumb from Lee County, who worked with her husband Duane Crumb at the polls Tuesday. The county is always in need…
